Hasbro Children's Hospital Parenting Guide:
Reading Tips for Parents

9 to 11 Months Old

Print the entire guide
(PDF, 21K; This requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it installed you can download it now for free.)

Even babies enjoy books and learn from sharing books with adults.

What to expect

At age 9 to 11 months, babies can:

  • Reach for one of two books you offer to them.
  • Hold onto a book and pat the pictures.
  • Taste a book.
  • Copy some of the sounds you make and the looks on your face.
  • Pay attention to a book for a few minutes at a time.

What you can do

  • Find a quiet, comfortable place for book sharing.
  • Name and point to the pictures your baby is touching or looking at.
  • Help your baby turn pages.
  • Act out pictures using your face, hands and voice.
  • Enjoy a game of copying your baby playing with books.

The information in this guide is provided by the Read To Me Program at Hasbro Children's Hospital.

 

Back   |   More parenting articles